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While I don't like the idea that he would have been 'fine', if that were not the case, he would have been much better off, if he hadn't worked his body to death, past its limits.

I'll start with Umbrella and their 'work ethic', to get to my point. They outright call for 'obedience' from their students in the training facility, wrapping this idea into a sense of 'unity' and claiming that is what will give them 'power'.

This is a pretty typical fashy sentiment used to brainwash people into accepting a role of a drone that serves the bigger picture. They are told they are part of it, but they really aren't. The 'power' that comes from their work, can't be for everyone, it can only be for the select few, at the top.

People at Arklay and the NEST, were worked to death. They had insane deadlines and practically (and at times, completely) lived at work. In Wesker's case, I don't doubt he was *raised* that way, from the start.

He was able to fulfil several very demanding roles at the same time, between being a head researcher + an assassin for Spencer, then being in the intelligence agency + the military, and then still working for Umbrella as a head of security + managing STARS.

And even when he attained his 'freedom', he couldn't really bring himself to slow down, because he was so used to always doing something and now he likely felt he had even less of an excuse to be tired or unwell, because he was a Tyrant.

This shows well in how he is willing to just tank all damage that comes his way. He'll block blades and bullets with his bare hands and just let people hit him. Even if he can regenerate, it's obvious he still experiences pain and just takes it.

Which finally brings me to the virus. His strain WAS supposed to 'dampen' over time, as it was naturally doing. Whether he 'adapted' to it or not, it WAS still an invasive, destructive force in his body, and his rare mutation fought it off enough for it to not kill him. But, that means, as an invasive disease, it was going to metabolise and eventually fade. And he couldn't let that happen, because he had become so reliant on the power it gave to him.

Between his unwillingness to grow weaker, and the wear and tear he put his body though, it's unsurprising he needed enough aspirin daily for about 5 people with heart failure (not an exaggeration, btw) + a nice dose of pain killers.

No matter his regen factor, it would also fade and weaken with age, just as our natural healing and immune system weaken over time. Even the healthiest people that are very athletic and in-shape will start to feel aches and pains with age, especially if they hurt themselves in some way when they were younger.